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Let's Can It

Trash illegally thrown on the ground has a significant, negative impact on Austin. Litter pollutes our natural and recreational areas, and the cleanup needed is expensive for taxpayers!

Each year, City staff and volunteers (including participants of the Clean Lady Bird Lake program) pull approximately 11 tons of trash from Lady Bird Lake. An additional 4,500 tons are removed annually from Austin streets. Some of these discarded items were dropped directly into the river, but most trash washes in during rainstorms from creeks or through storm drains from land-based areas, such as streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and parks.